Almost cut my hair

I am having a very hard time deciding what part of the Steven Garcia being hired by Saturday Down South to do something (“I am definitely going to be doing it, but I am not exactly sure what I am going to be doing”) story is the most Garcia-ish.

I mean, there’s this…

Garcia, who is once again sporting hair to his shoulders, was interviewed and hired at a blackjack table at the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, Roberts said.

… and then there’s this:

“He said, ‘Do you want me to cut my hair?’ I said, ‘No, all of our fans call it the Stephen Garcia Mullet. You have to keep it,’” Roberts said.

What is it about South Carolina quarterbacks and mullets?

I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that alcohol was involved.

Since you asked…

Hey, look who’s joining the blogger ranks!

Former South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia is getting a voice in the media world.

Saturday Down South on Sunday revealed via Twitter on Sunday that it was bringing Garcia on board later in the summer.

You can probably guess what’s coming next.

…Details regarding Stephen Garcia's role coming in August. We're taking suggestions & guarantee it will be entertaining. #SEC

— Saturday Down South (@SDS) June 23, 2014

Suggestions?  You guys got a lifestyle editor?

Moving up from momma’s basement

It’s nice to see that Stewart Mandel’s attitude about bloggers has evolved from this…

But I’m afraid you give me far too much credit in terms of my clout in the realm of cyberspace. Have you read some of the bloggers out there? Here’s a little sampling from the first few pages of a Google search involving my name: “SI’s Stewart Mandel: I get paid to write 2+2=4″ (jonathantu.wordpress.com), “Stewart Mandel is an idiot and I hope UGA bites him in the rear end” (Dawgsports.com) and “Stewart Mandel needs a long vacation” (thenittanyline.blogspot.com). I’m guessing you’d have a better chance getting these guys to actually shave and shower on consecutive days than participate in any idea that originated from me.

… to leading off with a quote from MGoBlog’s Brian Cook in today’s piece.

Either that, or he’s confirmed that Cook showers and shaves every day.

Friday morning buffet

Go get ‘em, Tiger.

• About those national titles Auburn’s thinking about claiming?  Jay Jacobs doesn’t care what you think about it: “We’ve just been looking at it, thinking about it. We just want to do what’s best for Auburn, not necessarily what everybody in the world thinks.”
• I can’t say I’m that passionate about the World Cup, but I thoroughly enjoyed Michael Elkon’s takedown of Clay Travis on the subject.
• Jeremy Fowler takes a look at the seamier side of college camps.
• South Carolina’s defensive line is in a state of flux, which is one reason the ‘Cocks will be flipping in and out of a 3-4 look this season.
• Bill Connelly’s Georgia Tech preview winds up about where you’d think – some praise, but short of a rousing endorsement.
• Chris Low ranks Georgia’s offensive line tenth in the SEC, which isn’t an unfair preseason assessment.  But Florida’s eighth?
• A poll of Florida sports fans:  “Despite a disastrous season last year, 33 percent of Gator fans approve of Will Muschamp while 19 percent disapprove of him. Only 15 percent of Gator fans want Muschamp fired before the season begins while 43 percent want to keep him.”  Looks like an awful lot of undecideds there.
• Another move in Georgia’s secondary, as Wilkerson is getting a shot at safety.

Wednesday morning buffet

Some things to take your mind off… well, you know what.

• The most expensive ticket in college football is…
• Here’s the upcoming 2014 SEC Football Media Days schedule.  How many people do you think stick around for Mark Stoops?
• Paul Johnson sounds more upset about the satellite camps like Georgia State’s than Mark Richt does.
• Athlon picks Georgia to win the SEC East this season.
• It turns out there is an internet sarcasm detector.  Where can I get one?
• WTF, Steve Patterson?
• You may remember Mark Shurtleff, fearless crusader for antitrust justice.  Things may not be going so swell for him these days.
• An excellent reminder about why way-too-early predicting is a fool’s blogging errand.
• Mark Richt sees Daryl Jones’ departure as an opportunity to restructure Georgia’s recruiting set up.
• Gordon Gee thinks “everyone won” Tatgate.  I wonder if Jim Delany would agree.

Friday morning buffet

You should eat.

• Here’s a good primer from Team Speed Kills about how to get up to speed on CFB Twitterin’.
• “That’s when I saw a side of Coach Donnan I”d never seen before.”  Sad.
• Allen Kenney ponders football scheduling.
• John Infante explains that Jim Delany’s vision for the restructuring of Division I makes a power conference split more likely.
• Could the SEC and Big 12 be the answers to each other’s scheduling questions?
• Pell Grants as a way to solve the cost of attendance issue?
• 5Dimes is starting to post odds on CFB regular season win totals.
• It seems that moving to Penn State has only added to James Franklin’s cockiness.
• “Palcohol is for adults who are tired of getting ripped off by airlines and stadium owners.”  Hells, yeah!

Here’s something that’ll put “I saw it on the Internet, so it must be true” to the test.

The surprise isn’t that Stephen Garcia is predicting that South Carolina will win the SEC East this season.  It’s that there’s a web site out there that describes Stephen Garcia as an “expert”.